New England Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition

Richard Levasseur

Graduate of the University of Maine at Orono with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Technology in 1982. In 1982 through 1984 worked for Lincoln Pulp and Paper in Lincoln, Maine as a Pulp and Paper Engineer handling capital and maintenance repair projects. In 1984, became a Paper Machine Area Engineer for S.D. Warren, a division of Scott Paper Co. in Westbrook, Maine handling capital projects up to $1MM. Joined S.D. Warren Procurement Department in 1991 as Purchasing Agent responsible for capital procurement, contractor services and MRO. In 1997, elevated to Sr. Purchasing Agent for S.D. Warren. In 1998, joined Philips Elmet, Lewiston, Maine, a division of Philips Lighting, manufacturing incandescent wire filament and refractory metal products as the Purchasing Manager in charge of raw material, capital, MRO procurement and supervision of a Storeroom buyer. In 2004, joined Lonza Biologics, Inc. as Sourcing Lead for all capital and contractor services procurement while setting up spare parts for a major plant expansion. Currently, working as the Sourcing Lead, representing Lonza as the procurement overseer in the equipment procurement, through contracted procurement services from Parsons Engineering for construction of a new plant in Singapore. Also, assisting with the overseeing of procurement construction services of a 300,000 sq.ft. building expansion at the Portsmouth, NH. facilities.

2007 Conference Abstract
Keys to Successfully Managing Global Capital Equipment Procurement